HS 17 Experiences

I am having Directv installed tomorrow and want to get some feedback on the equipment and reliability of it. The setup will be the HS 17, 2 c61 4K clients and one wireless mini client. I have researched the HS 17 and there seems to be a lot of mixed reviews and the same with 4K clients. I am actually considering backing out of this for now unless the overall consensus is equipment is reliable. I have a LG C8 77 OLED tv which is 4K. Other tv's are plasma and led and not to concerned about those. I also have a Marantz SR8015 receiver that I am using with OLED TV and other devices. I am looking for other users with similar equipment and their experience with it. I am switching from Dish which IMO has absolutely horrible picture quality due to it being compress down to 1440 x 1080. I can't have these issues with Directv. From all my research it appears that Directv has the best picture quality for satellite service. I have also read about audio dropouts on the 4K clients and here again this isn't something I can tolerate. I am assuming all the issues I have read about with the HS 17 server and 4K clients has been addressed with software updates. Thanks in advance for feedback.

 

Thanks for all the feedback. The guy is here and he has an HR54 with an ESATA port which means I can use an external drive for more storage, is that correct? One of the reasons for the Genie 2 was the extra storage. Still hooking up the 4K clients knowing only one can be used with 4K content at a time.

 

Also, if I add another box now there is no charge except the $7 per month. Say 6 months from now I decide to hook up another box will I have to pay for that box. The extra room is setup now so I can add an extra box any time.